Oconaluftee River at Birdtown, NC - 03512000

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April 14, 2025 - April 21, 2025

Gage height, feet

Important Data may be provisional

Latest value

1.81 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

01:00:00 AM EDT

Selected

1.81 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

01:00:00 AM EDT

Statistics for April 21, 2025 based on 29 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2008)

1.57 ft

25th percentile

1.77 ft

median

1.95 ft

75th percentile

2.23 ft

mean

2.09 ft

high (2019)

3.61 ft

Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T01:00:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:45:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:30:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:15:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:00:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:45:00.000-04:00	1.82	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:30:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:15:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:00:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:45:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:30:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:15:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:00:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:45:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:30:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:15:00.000-04:00	1.81	Provisional

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	03512000	_n/a
Site name	OCONALUFTEE RIVER AT BIRDTOWN, NC	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	352741	_n/a
DMS longitude	0832113	_n/a
Decimal latitude	35.46138889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-83.3536111	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	North Carolina	37
State	North Carolina	37
County	Swain County	173
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	WHITTIER, NC	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	1843.25 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Tuckasegee	06010203
Drainage basin	12	_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	184 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NYNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

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